happenings, plans, bikes

it has been a crazy last week / weekend / this week.

i've been interning at a local church, helping out with busy work around the building and helping with some of their social ministries. it's a lot of time put in, and it's kind of a fur piece out there in the mountains of boone, but it has been such a blessing. a nice get-away in the week, meeting new people and genuinely, non-church-creepy friendly faces.

plus all of the following:
classes
tests
catching up
still falling behind
going here
running there
trying to have moments of sanity in betwixt.
i know i talk about it "all" a lot, but i really don't hate it.

i know i'll look back at this semester and think, "dang girl. you did it!"

last weekend the gospel choir went to atlanta.
from friday morning to tuesday afternoon (talk about your long weekend).
i got to see someone very dear to my heart.
i got to spend time with people who make me laugh,
and i got to feel like i was living out Sister Act II.
the weather wasn't quite as i had hoped, and i missed being home with my family and the babies,
but it was still a really fun time and i rode roller coasters at six flags. holla!

i've been a little sick.
thankfully i was still able to sing last night for the LEGENDS show with mike,
but i woke up this morning and my body said:
"no, sam. you're doing nothing today."

so that's what i did. i'm still in the clothes i slept it. i have been on this couch for too many hours.
i'm slightly disgusted in myself
but i'm doing it for my own good.

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in a perfect world
i'd marry for love and then find out that he's filthy rich.

woops! wait. pause. rewind.

in a perfect world
i'd graduate college in december.
then have a kick-a internship next spring.
(TOMS shoes? invisible children? samaritan's purse?)
get my diploma in the mail after said internship and have a HUGE party with funfetti cake.
get my dream job (to be determined) in raleigh (as if raleigh HAS any dream jobs)
live in a beautiful apartment with jess, whit, and cat
ride my bike everywhere and go to church at visio dei
get to see my family regularly

i think about this a lot.
but i try to not think about it too much.
apparently enough to blog about it.
maybe now that it's out there it'll not be trapped in my mind so much.
or maybe now that it's out there i'll feel really stupid a week from now
when all of my plans change.
which happens a lot.

but then, i'm really glad my plans are just my plans,
and if it doesn't come out that way, and chances are it won't,
it means there are way way better plans in the works for me.
better, meaning, the best.

i still believe, no matter how "adult" i get
and how "real" the world gets
His plans are better than we can ever imagine
in the best way possible.

it's kind of win-win with Jesus.
hallelujahpraisethelordamen.


i wanna ride my bike.
but my chain is locked on it, and i forgot the combination.